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Kidical Mass returns for 2024

Kidical Mass Exeter is holding its seventh family bike ride as part of a month of global action to promote safe cycling routes for children, young people and families.

Leigh Curtis

Kidical Mass Exeter returns for a group bike ride on Saturday 20 April as part of a month of global action to promote safe cycling routes for children, young people and families.

The ride will set off from Southernhay at 11am and take a turn through Exeter’s streets.

Everyone is welcome to join the ride whether or not they have children.

Kidical Mass riders Exeter Kidical Mass riders in May 2022

The event is designed to create a safe environment for families and friends to cycle together while highlighting the need for cycling routes that enable children and young people to travel safely and independently wherever they live.

It is intended to demonstrate that besides being fun, streets that keep children and cyclists safe work for everyone.

It also aims to promote a healthier, lower carbon future in which active travel modes are the norm.

Kidical Mass High Street Exeter Kidical Mass 2022

The first Kidical Mass took place in 2008 in Eugene, Oregon, and has since become a worldwide celebration of cycling with events taking place around the globe.

More than 40 UK rides are planned during the month of Kidical Mass activity, in places including Brighton, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Norwich, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Inverness.

In Europe, events will take place in dozens of towns and cities including Paris, Brussels, Barcelona, Rome, Berlin and Vienna. There will also be rides in Canada, Ecuador, Argentina, Australia and the US.

230,000 people around the world took part in over 900 Kidical Mass rides in 2023.

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Kidical Mass Exeter is at 11am on Saturday 20 April 2024. Visit the Kidical Mass Exeter website to find out more and get involved.

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